Police arrest five after synthetic cannabis operation this morning

Police operation into the sale and distribution of synthetic cannabis
was carried out early this morning in the Auckland suburbs of New Lynn
and Pt Chevalier. Click here to read more...

04/07/17

Owners bust holiday home renters making P in garage of rural holiday home

Drug makers have allegedly been busted brewing P at a holiday home they booked through an online holiday rentals site. Police are warning bach owners to be careful with would be mid-winter holidaymakers turning drug cooks after the owners of the idyllic rural cottage, 10 minutes' drive from Hobbiton, caught them in the act.Click here to read more...

04/07/17

OPINION: Call for death penalty for P dealers deserves consideration

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira's call for the death penalty should not be dismissed out of hand. Click here to read more...

29/06/17

Landlords get official guide on how to test and clean P-contaminated houses

A new standard that targets methamphetamine-contaminated houses aims to guide landlords on testing and cleaning their properties. Click here to read more...

23/06/17

Violent teen's 'spate of misery' in Auckland crime spree

A violent teen who "wreaked a spate of misery on many people" and
"ground her teeth" into a police officer during an unmitigated crime
spree will spend her early adult life in prison. Click here to read more...

22/06/17

Police union warns politicians how close to breaking point police came in 2016

In a report released on Thursday, the association called on the future government to tackle: the proliferation of illegal firearms, the increase in assaults on frontline officers and the ever-expanding methamphetamine industry. Click here to read more...

22/06/17

Four people operating drug syndicate jailed after police and customs operation

The operation involved the Taiwanese travelling to New Zealand, pretending to be tourists, and then receiving packages claiming to contain wine. Click here to read more...

10/06/17

Rotorua meth hui: 'Any mongrel bringing P here, we will stand up to you

One of New Zealand's top cops has stood alongside a former druglord to lead a "game changer" Rotorua hui on methamphetamine. Click here to read more...

Landlord fumes after meth, weed, syringes and holes left in Tauranga rental

Apartment owners face $32.8m repair

Owners of a big Auckland residential complex are facing a potential $32.8 million bill to fix leaky, fire, roof, structural and even methamphetamine issues - one of New Zealand's biggest repairs of its kind. Click here to read more...

Maori Party 'ready to have conversation' about cannabis de-criminalisation

Marama Fox, a long-time opponent of cannabis law reform, said on the Media Take show that her personal view has been shifted by the spread of methamphetamine, which has seen her own family members go to "tinny houses" to try and buy weed and be offered only P. Click here to read more...

First it was Wellington, now police have revealed 12 people have been arrested in Wairoa and Gisborne in an undercover drugs sting. Click here to read more...

10/04/17

How a young woman became a raging meth addict in a quiet rural community

Fourteen years ago when she was plunged into the ice addiction that nearly killed her, Tita-Ann Albertella was mainlined by her boyfriend against her will. Click here to read more...

07/04/17

Methampheta-mine 'mastermind' sentenced to 28.5 years in prison

The "undisputed and unchallenged kingpin" behind one of New Zealand's largest methamphetamine operations has been sentenced to more than 28 years in prison. Brownie Joseph Harding, 40, co-ordinated the "massive" manufacture and distribution of at least 6.5kg of meth in 2014. Click here to read more...

Shipment from Canada results in young couple charged after $12 million worth of meth discovered by Customs

Record haul as 900kg of meth worth $977m found in floorboard shipment in Melbourne warehouse

The drugs, which police say are valued at almost $A900 million ($NZ977 million) were seized when a suspect shipment of floorboards from China was found in a nondescript warehouse in Melbourne's outer east. The drugs had been hidden between the wooden slats. Click here to read more...

A mother has revealed how she overcame her ice addiction after she found herself jailed for manufacturing the deadly drug to feed her own habit.Dee-anne Allender, from Perth, tried ice - also known as crystal meth - for the first time at 24, and immediately became hooked for eight years. Click here to read more...

Meth-induced psychosis behind prison assaults

Taking methamphetamine caused a mental illness that led to serious unprovoked assaults on prison officers and prisoners, a court has heard. Hemi Te Poono, 33, appeared at the High Court in Wellington and was sentenced to eight years and six months jail for serious assaults on prison officers and fellow prisoners. Click here to read more...

Four-month crime spree lands Cyrus Harrington in prison

A man who was found hiding in a garage ceiling space in Nelson after a four-month crime spree has been sentenced to imprisonment. A blood sample taken at the hospital found Harrington had methamphetamine, MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, and THC, the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, in his system. Click here to read more...

Two men will spend more than 20 years' combined in New Zealand prisons after a multi-million dollar Chinese drug syndicate was thwarted in an elaborate sting by police and Customs. Click here to read more...

Sean Penn and Robin Wright's son was addicted to crystal meth

Sean Penn and Robin Wright's son, Hopper Penn, 23, agreed to go to rehab to be treated for his problem following an ultimatum from his actor father that would have left him on the streets if he didn't seek help. Click here to read more...

Inside a meth lab lies a child's drink bottle - his name and room number scribbled on the side. But inside is not water, or even lemonade, but an acid with a pH rating of 1. It's used by cooks to brew methamphetamine. Click here to read more...

A low-level drug dealer was accused by one of his customers of trying to peddle sugar instead of P, a court has heard. Leighton Antoni Johnson's attempts to sell methamphetamine and cannabis were uncovered through a series of texts police obtained from his cellphone. Click here to read more...

Using samples from the city's wastewater treatment plants, researchers found "high levels of methamphetamine, codeine, morphine and methadone", while cocaine and MDMA - the active ingredient in ecstasy - were "relatively rare".Click here to read more...

AK47, M16 guns found in huge South Auckland drugs and firearms bust

Police have found a "lethal cocktail" of drugs and firearms, including military assault-grade AK47s and M16s, in alarge scale police raid across several locations in Auckland. They said it was part of an elaborate organised crime operation, which also included a methamphetamine laboratory in a South Auckland warehouse, complete with a secret room. Click here to read more...

Ex meth addict tells of addiction and recovery

Maarametua Williams stood in an Auckland bank, pointed a semi-automatic gun at the customers and told them they would die if they moved. She was wasted – high on methamphetamine – and prepared to kill for her addiction. Click here to read more...

28/02/17

Most people think that the reason why people become addicted to drugs is solely because of the drugs themselves. This, however, is far from the truth, as shown repeatedly by scientific studies on drug addiction.... Click here to read more... ​Published on Oct 29, 2015

OPINION from Ryan Bridge: It's time to legalise methampheta-mine

Because we're losing the war on drugs. Our current approach to dealing with the P epidemic is not only failing, but making it worse. By legalising meth, we'd reduce overdoses and take control of the frequency, chemical composition and dose of each hit... Click here to read more...

'Tenants from hell' leave $100k repair bill

A landlord says up to $140,000 worth of damage was done to his Auckland property after tenants contaminated it so seriously that most fittings, architraves and even paint had to be removed due to methamphetamine.. Click here to read more...

Drug rehab facilities are swamped as Meth floods into New Zealand

NZ P Pull - A group who are determined to help Meth Addicts and raise awareness

In March 2017, New Zealand 'P' Pull - a group of ex-addicts and health care workers - plan to launch a Porirua campaign to highlight what they say is New Zealand's biggest problem. Click here to read more...

10/02/17

Drug user duped into thinking salt was Meth

A drug user was so incensed that he had been duped into swapping his car for 2.5g of rock salt, he went to police. Click here to read more...

10/02/17

Top cop says that Meth is a 'Growing Addiction' in New Zealand

A police superintendent says methamphetamine, better known as P, is a common and popular choice of drug in New Zealand - and it's getting worse. Click here to read more...

Justice of the Peace pleads not guilty to being part of meth ring

Felix Lim had fingers in many pies, decorating business, wines

An undercover agent infiltrated the casino VIP lounge and led police to a sprawling underworld network flooding Auckland with drugs. Police suspected the 55-year-old Felix Lim was on the periphery of a criminal network distributing pseudoephedrine, a Class B drug used to make methamphetamine, across the city. Click here to read more...

21/12/16

Six in Palmerston North District Court after methampheta- mine supply ring disrupted

Police acted on evidence that a prisoner at Manawatu Prison was arranging for the sale and distribution of P.Click here to read more...

18/12/16

P easier to get than weed in Westport

For a town that used to be known as the cannabis capital of New Zealand, it is now being dubbed "Methport" as its easier to get P than it is weed. Click here to read more...

Five arrested in Queenstown, Central Otago meth and cannabis bust

Kmart stops sale of 'meth-smoking device'drink jar after public backlash

A "light bulb" drink jar being sold at Kmart in Australia has been taken off the shelves after anti-drug campaigners slammed it for looking 'just like a meth-smoking device'. Click here to read more...

Recovering P addict's plea to the young - 'It destroys you'

An emotional plea from a recovering meth addict. Asking young people to stay away from drugs. It comes on the opening day of new treatment facilities at a rehabilitation centre in west Auckland. "It just destroys so much, it takes so much away from you." Click here to read more...

Recommend-ations for methcontamination clean-up

$17m of meth seized following Auckland bust

Police and Customs have seized $17 million of methamphetamine after a seven-month investigation. The joint operation focused on the importation of meth by a member of the Thailand chapter of the Bandidos motorcycle gang. Click here to read more...

Meth contamination forces state housingtenants out of homes

Meth testing for rental properties on the rise

The tell-tale signs of a meth lab don't change. They are stains on walls and door frames, trash overflowing withpill packets, blackened windows and CCTV-style security are usually evidence that an ordinary house harbours illegal secrets. Click here to read more...

The Te Awamutu Courier published an article on 'P' Spreading. The news for a local resident to find her house at Kihikihi is contaminated with methamphetamine (meth or P) has been devastating. Click here to read more...

Justice Marion Frater sentenced Darren McDonald to eight months in prison on drugs charges but gave him leave to apply for home detention. Click here to read more...

22/06/16

Even more methampheta-mine found in Northland sand dunes

Police have found even more methamphetamine hidden in sand dunes in the country's largest ever meth bust.Police initially said their 90 Mile Beach bust had seized 448kg of the drug, but later on Tuesday said they had found another 50kg in the sand. No value was given of the latest find, but the new find brings the total to 494kg, with a likely value of close to half a billion dollars. Click here to read more...

Methampheta-mine seizures highest in ten years

Methamphetamine seizures at the New Zealand border hit a 10-year high with more than $284 million worth of the drug intercepted in 2015. Click here to read more...

02/01/16

90 days Meth free. Before and after photos

The ravaging effects that crystal methamphetamine has on a user's appearance have been well-documented in mug shots. Click here to read more...

Meth-soaked moist towelettes stopped at border

A haul of drug-soaked moist towelettes destined for Wellington's streets have been intercepted at the border, resulting in two arrests today. About $1 million worth of liquid methamphetamine concealed in the toiletries was seized overnight in a joint operation between Wellington Police and Customs. Click here to read more...